Friday's game will mark the first time since 2001 that the
Phoenix and the Raiders meet in Horizon League Tournament play. The last
meeting in the postseason was in the 2001 quarterfinals when No. 4 seed Wright
State beat No. 5 seed Green Bay 5-1.

Green Bay and Wright State are the only two teams to enter
the Horizon League Championship with 10 wins this season. Just two weeks ago (Oct.
29), the Phoenix and Raiders battled in regular season play at Wright State.
The Raiders scored two goals in two minutes en route to snapping Green Bay's
five-game winning streak with a 2-1 win.

Horizon League Award
Winners... Friday's
semifinal game will feature a total of nine 2011 Horizon League Award Winners.
Green Bay senior Tony Walls (Wauwatosa, Wis.) earned Player of the Year honors
while Wright State's Craig Feehan earned Newcomer of the Year honors. Walls was
also a First Team All-League selection alongside Wright State midfielder Bryce
Rockwell-Ashton and Brian Cothern. Green Bay's Stuart Grable (Neenah, Wis.) and
Andrew Stone (Green Bay, Wis.) earned Second Team All-League honors while
Justin Laird and Gustav Svensson from the Raiders' squad were selected to the
All-Newcomer Team along with Green Bay's Kirby Allen (Appleton, Wis.).

Coaching Ties... Green Bay first year head coach Kris
Kelderman and third year Wright State head coach Bryan Davis both hail from the
state of Wisconsin and have a past coaching relationship. While Kelderman was
an assistant coach at George Mason, Davis was an assistant coach at George
Washington. At the same time, Kelderman was the technical director at a youth
soccer club in northern Virginia where Davis was a member of his coaching
staff.

National Ranking
Summary... In this
week's NSCAA national rankings Green Bay is No. 10 in the Great Lakes Region
while Wright State is also receiving votes. The Phoenix is up to No. 67 in the
RPI rankings while the Raiders are at No. 82.

Career Notes... Green Bay junior goalkeeper Ryan Wehking (St. Louis, Mo.) is tied atop Green Bay's career record list with 19 shutouts. Wehking and the Phoenix have five shutouts this season, including its most recent 2-0 win over UIC in the quarterfinal round of the tournament.

Follow the Action Live...
Fans not able to
make the trip to Valparaiso to cheer on the Phoenix can follow the action live,
here.

Scouting Report... To hear coach Kelderman's thoughts on
playing Wright State in the Horizon League semifinals, click on the video below.

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